On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 05:18, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Marc M wrote: > > > Actually this IS firefox, I should've specified that originally...I > > don't know enough about what is going on under the hood with java, to > > know whether just a plugin fixes these things, or whether I somehow > > need more, like the full SDK or JDK packages. > > You only need the JRE if you only want plugins for Firefox. I've seen > flakey behavior (read crashes) with Sun's 1.4.2 JVM and FF, though. They > were fixed by using the 1.5.0_01 version. Please note that there is a problem with javaws and FC3. Apparently the code in glibc was tightened up. javaws makes a call with zero parameters which used to fall through. With the additional checks this does not fall through but causes a zombie to be spawned and the main process consumes 100% of the CPU. I did find a replacement javaws on the web. Info is in a thread here the past couple of weeks. With the modified version javaws runs as expected. This is apparently a bug identified on the Sun web site but the fix is not located there. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Beware of Programmers who carry screwdrivers. -- Leonard Brandwein
